Cadwalader and Sidley add to City partnerships in latest promotion rounds
US firms make up seven and 30 respectively
December 14, 2018 at 06:23 AM
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US firms Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft and Sidley Austin have both boosted their City partnerships in their annual global promotion rounds.
This year, Cadwalader's London office has seen the bulk of the appointments, with three City lawyers made up out of a five-strong global promotions round.
Disputes lawyer Melis Acuner and capital markets lawyers Suzanne Bell and Robert Cannon have all been promoted in the City – a slight increase on last year's promotion round, which saw two London lawyers made up.
Elsewhere, litigator Gregory Langsdale and capital markets lawyer Jed Miller were also promoted in the firm's Washington DC and New York bases respectively. The firm also promoted seven to special counsel – including Sabah Nawaz in London – and two to counsel.
Meanwhile, Sidley has made a sole promotion in its City office, with private equity lawyer Lyndsey Laverack made up. Last year, the firm also promoted one London lawyer.
The firm has increased its global promotions round this year, making up 30 lawyers across its global offices. Last year, the firm promoted 19 lawyers.
The bulk of the firm's appointments have been made across its US bases, including Century City, Chicago, Dallas and Houston, as well as New York and Washington DC.
The firm's Singapore office also saw a single lawyer made up.
Cadwalader 2018 promotions round in full
London
Melis Acuner (global litigation); Suzanne Bell and Robert Cannon (capital markets)
Washington DC
Gregory Langsdale (global litigation)
New York
Jed Miller (financial services)
Sidley Austin 2018 promotions in full
Century City
Rachel Straus (litigation)
Chicago
Jonathan Blackburn, Brent Steele (M&A and private equity); Lauren Gallagher, Richard Silverman (tax and employment); Steven Horowitz, Nathaniel Love, Michelle Ramirez (litigation); Kelly Lazaroff, Megan Roberts (global finance); Donielle McCutcheon (healthcare and FDA); Simon Saddleton (investment funds); Chad Vance, Stephanie Dobecki (insurance)
Dallas
Banks Bruce (global finance)
Houston
Zackary Pullin (tax, employee benefits and executive compensation)
London
Lyndsey Laverack (M&A and private equity)
New York
Ayo Badejo (M&A and private equity); Melissa Colon-Bosolet, Dana MacGrath (litigation); Kate Lashley (regulatory and enforcement); William Mahouski (capital markets); Alexi Poretz (insurance)
Palo Alto
Matthew Dolan (litigation)
San Francisco
Kevin Rubino (litigation)
Singapore
Ankit Kashyap (capital markets)
Washington DC
Scott Border, Joshua J. Fougere (litigation); Deepti Kulkarni, Arif Noorani (healthcare and FDA)
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